Europe – Central

Poland’s Law and Justice boosted by opposition’s failure to unite

Poland’s biggest opposition party is to fight October’s general election without having forged a broad anti-government alliance, giving a boost to the ruling Law and Justice party in its…

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Polish flight centre to train future Ryanair pilots

Pilots of Ryanair will be trained at the Bartolini Air flight training centre near Łódź in central Poland. The centre near Łódź will train 320 Ryanair pilots, in cooperation with…

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Search for missing boy “biggest in history” of Polish police

Polish police are conducting a search for a 5 year old boy that is being described as the biggest in the history of the Polish police. The effort enters its…

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Photo Story: The Rehearsal of Rigoletto for the Bregenz Festival

A view of the lake stage Seebuehne during a rehearsal of the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi as part of the Bregenz Festival at Lake Constance, in Bregenz, Austria.…

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Photo Story: Mark Knopfler in concert in Budapest

British guitarist, singer and song-writer Mark Knopfler, founder of the former rock band Dire Straits, performs during his concert in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. …

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Photo Story: Protest against the use of plastics in Hungary

Whale sculptures made from plastic waste that was recovered from the ocean are on display at the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. The temporary installation was erected by Greenpeace…

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Salvini wants to strengthen security at Italian land borders

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday said "we are controlling our borders by sea, and we also want to control them by land with all means necessary," referring to…

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Austria election set for September 29th

Austria’s cabinet has set Sept. 29 as the date of the next parliamentary election. That was the first date on which the vote could have been held after parliament…

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Austrian parliament bans glyphosate weed killer

Austria is on track to be the first EU country to completely ban weed killer glyphosate, originally developed by Monsanto and marketed under the name Roundup. Members of Parliament in…

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Photo Story: The Milky Way above a clear night sky in Hungary

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Photo Story: Mike Tyson with a hero from the Warsaw Uprising

US Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson (R) meets with a Warsaw Uprising insurgent Boleslaw Wojewodzki 'Tarzan' (L) before upcoming 75th anniversary of Warsaw uprising in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw…

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Photo Story: Zsolnay Light Festival in Pecs

A head sculpture of a well is pictured in the foreground of a building facade decorated with a colourful light projection during the fourth Zsolnay Light Festival in Pecs,…

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U.S., Poland sign cyberspace defence cooperation agreement

In another important milestone marking the strong partnership between the U.S. and Poland, military officials from the two countries signed a cyberspace defence cooperation agreement June 26. The Arrangement on…

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Pressure builds for Czech PM to resign

An estimated quarter of a million Czechs rallied in Prague on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the biggest show of public discontent since…

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13 arrested for sexual exploitation of young women in French-Romanian operation

A large-scale joint investigation, led by the French Gendarmerie Nationale in cooperation with the Romanian DIICOT (Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crime and Terrorism), and supported by Europol and…

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Slovak capital to host the new European Labour Authority

The Slovak capital Bratislava on Thursday won the right to host a new European Union agency to oversee the labour market that is due to start operating this autumn. A…

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US to send 1,000 troops to Poland

US President Donald Trump has announced that US will deploy 1,000 more troops to Poland. Trump said the force would be taken from America's 52,000-strong contingent in Germany, and…

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Floods in Poland

Torrential rain flooded streets and car parks in Gorzow Wielkopolski, western Poland. A number of drivers found themselves stranded as their cars stalled in floodwaters. The flash floods rose…

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Photo Story: New, direct flight between Budapest and Shanghai

Hostesses wave Chinese and Hungarian flags next to a Shanghai Airlines Boeing 787-9 aircraft at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, 07 June 2017. Shanghai Airlines introduced the…

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Captain of Budapest fatal ship crash was also involved in Dutch boat crash

The captain of a cruise ship, identifies only as a 64-year-old Ukrainian national named as Yuriy C, who was involved in a fatal crash in Budapest last week was…

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Pope pays tribute to Christians in Romania killed or persecuted under Communism

Pope Francis paid tribute to Christians in Romania killed or persecuted under Communism as he warned against any new ideological attempt to sow fear or division in society. On…

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PhotoStory: Tragedy on the Danube

Hope is fading fast that any other survivors will be found in the Danube River in the Hungarian capital Budapest after a tourist boat sank after being involved with another…

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Seven dead after boat capsizes in Danube river in Budapest

At least seven people have died and 19 are missing after a boat capsized on the Danube river in Hungary's capital Budapest. Thirty-three people, mostly tourists from South Korea, were…

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Photo Story: Final farewell to Niki Lauda

Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects to the Formula One legend Niki Lauda during his funeral today in St. Stephen's Cathedral in his home city of Vienna. Hundreds…

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Austrian government crumbles as Chancellor Kurz loses no-confidence motion

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has lost a no-confidence motion, forcing his government from office, despite his party's victory in the European elections. It came after his former coalition partners in…

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Hungary rejects Weber for EU’s top job

Hungary's foreign minister has shut down the idea of supporting German MEP Manfred Weber as the next EU commission president. In an interview with Euronews the day after the…

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Romania’s most powerful politician, sentenced to jail for corruption

Liviu Dragnea, Romania’s de facto leader was sent to prison for three-and-a-half years for corruption. The guilty verdict against ruling-party leader Dragnea for abuse of office was upheld Monday by…

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Europe Votes: Poland, ExitPolls, the projections

Exit Polls indicate that Law and Justice are set to win 42.4% of the vote in Poland. This is a summary of Politico’s projections for the voting today in Poland:…

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Europe Votes: Slovenia, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s projections for the voting today in Slovenia: Slovenia – The Projections If turnout of 24.55% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts SDS-SLS will beat…

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Europe Votes: Romania, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s projections for the voting today in Romania: Romania – The Projections If turnout of 33.67% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts PNL will…

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Europe Votes: Hungary, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s projections of the voting today in Hungary: Hungary – The Projections If turnout of 28.97% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts Fidesz&KDNP will…

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Romania’s Social Democrats hire prominent Brussels lobbyists to clean up image

The ruling Social Democrat party (PSD) in Romania has hired Brussels lobbyists to clean up its battered image in the EU press. Poltico reports that the PSD in April…

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Work permits for foreign workers hits record high in Poland

According to the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS), the country is experiencing a surge in the registration of foreign workers in the country. Last year, Poland issued over 300,000 work…

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PhotoStory: Floods in Poland

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SlideShow: A Tribute to Niki Lauda

A series of photos of three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda who died this week at the age of 70. Lauda, who underwent a lung transplant in August,…

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Austria heading for September election

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen on Sunday recommended a new election be held in early September. He said he wanted to restore trust in the government after a…

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Poland’s pro-EU opposition with a 10-point lead

The European Coalition, Poland's pro-EU opposition has a 10-point lead over the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) ahead of European Parliament elections. According to a survey issued on Friday,…

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EU warns Romania it will act ‘without delay’ over ‘major’ rule of law concerns

Politico reports that the European Commission will “trigger the rule of law framework without delay” over “major concerns” about the state of rule of law in Romania, according to a…

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Polish Cardinal defies Italian police to restore electricity to homeless shelter

Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Pope Francis' almoner - the person is in charge of the pope's charities and helping the poor- on Sunday lowered himself into a manhole to restore…

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Poland to introduce harsher sentences for child abuse

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's Ruling party promised harsher sentences for child abuse, as the release of a documentary about paedophile priests created a fresh battleground in an election…

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Photostory: Fatal stabbing at Polish school

A teenager died at a Warsaw primary school after being stabbed with a sharp tool during a quarrel with another student, Polish police said Friday. Warsaw police spokesman Tomasz Oleszczuk…

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Germans prefer living in Austria and the UK

The Germany's Federal Statistics Office released its annual report on the number of German citizens living abroad within the EU. According to the new report, almost 200,000 Germans have moved…

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EU heads meet in Romania to chart bloc’s next steps

European Union leaders meet in Romania today to try chart a way forward after the historic setback of Brexit and to have their first go at picking people to…

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Poland salutes Malta on the anniversary of it’s EU membership

On the 15th anniversary of the EU enlargement that amongst others saw Malta become a member State, the Polish National Foundation issued a cute video saluting Malta on this historic…

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Juncker sceptical Poland will leave the EU

Out-going EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Poland is unlikely to leave the European Union, even if the ruling euro sceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party wins re-election this year,…

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Polish leader describes LGBT rights as a threat to the nation

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the chairman of Poland's conservative ruling party and considered the de facto leader in Poland, has called the LGBT rights movement a foreign import that threatens the Polish…

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Slideshow: Easter in Gdynia for NATO-SNMG1

Six ships from the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (NATO-SNMG1) entering the Polish port of Gdynia for a working visit. The NATO-SNMG1 vessels include a US destroyer, four frigates…

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Czech police recommend charges against Prime Minister

Police in the Czech Republic have recommended that charges be filed against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and several others in a case involving the alleged misuse of EU funds. A…

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Slideshow: The Arts on Eggs Museum in Hungary

Photos from The Arts on Eggs Museum in Zengovarkony, 188 kms south of Budapest, Hungary. The decoration of eggs is an integral part of folk traditions related to Easter…

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Poland unlikely to exclude all Huawei equipment from its mobile networks

Poland is unlikely to exclude all Huawei equipment from its next generation mobile networks, a government minister told Reuters, in part to avoid increased costs for mobile operators. Huawei,…

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Poland accused of breaking EU law

Poland was accused of breaking EU law after it lowered the judges' retirement age and failed to uphold the independence of its Supreme Court. Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS)…

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Austria to extend border controls

Austria will extend its border controls for Hungary and Slovenia until at least November. In a letter written by the Austrian Interior, Minister Herbert Kickl, to the European Commission, he…

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Romania laments brain drain

Eugen Teodorovici, Romanian Finance Minister, said the country's brain drain is undermining Romania's ability to compete on a European level and called on the European Union to do more to…

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Poland’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested in Spain

Spanish police arrested a man identified only by the initials of M.A.F. and who is believed to be the most-wanted man in Poland. Spanish authorities described the man as a…

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After Brexit will it be Polexit’s turn

Leaders of the opposition European Coalition (KE) have warned that the ruling Eurosceptic PiS party could be planning a Polexit, Poland’s departure from the European Union. The warning was given…

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Romania’s President calls for ban on the use of an amnesty for corruption offences

The Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has proposed two main themes for the referendum on national justice reform that the country will hold on May 26. Iohannis proposed a ban on…

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Caruana Galizia family and of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak urge EU to support Kovesi for Chief European Prosecutor role

The Romanian website Business Review reported that in a letter published by Romanian MEP Cristian Preda on the social media, the families of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and Slovakian…

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